Next time you seem some poor slob bending over to stock a coke machine showing a plumber's crack, don't laugh. He probably has more money than you will ever dream of.
No one realizes just how much money there is in soda vending machines. Let me give you some basics, and I will let you do the math. You can buy cans of soda for twenty-five cents each, wholesale. Anyone can become a wholesaler. The whole process takes about the same amount of time as frying an egg. Just call any of the major distributors.
Now, imagine yourself on a really hot day. You are parched. You are also tired. You have been working all day. It doesn't matter if you have been working digging ditches or writing content, everyone gets tired. Now, you don't have anything to drink with you, but just a block away is a soda vending machine where you can get an ice cold coke. You know the kind where beads of water are forming on the outside of the can because the mixture of sugar and caffeine inside is so cold. Now, how much would you pay for that can. One dollar? Two dollars? The average price in New York City for a cold coke from a vending machine is now $2.50!
Now, watch a vending machine in a busy place for about an hour and count how many people put their money in. I recently counted 50 people an hour. 50 times $2.25 times 8 hours a day. Is it enough for you. Now multiply times 365 days a year because vending machines never close. And remember that there really is more than 8 hours since the machine doesn't go home at 6.
Just think, that guy with the ill fitting pants just cleared a million last year. How did you do?
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